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verify it or, in fact, obtain any evidence that I considered 
at all trustv/orthy . It seems almost incredible that a mammal 
so tj-pically carnivoms as the mongoose should be able to gnaw 
into sugar cane with its silicious and hard outer covering. 
I note what you say in regard to the proposed hunting law 
for Porto Piico failing to pass the legislature, and I rejoice 
that it is so. As you say, we need give the matter no further 
attention at the present time, 
I am mailing another tube containing two bottles and. shall 
be very glad to have you fill them from the lagoon region, 
I am glad you mentioned the non-receipt of your first two 
films, as I supposed they had been mailed long since. I find 
them, however, in my drawer and I am forwarding them by same 
mail. Please label them and return. 
Very truly yours, 
